Are people still doing that???

On another note, here is an interesting quote from Michael Boyd's Hot Flash this morning:

"It's not that Delta doesn't like Memphis. Or that the connecting hub there has no value.

But they're cutting 25% of the operations there by the end of the year...

At almost the same time, Delta ordered 12 more E-170s for Compass.

... Delta is moving with good sense to reduce the number of RJs in its fleet, and the E-170 order is completely consistent with that strategy. That's because, common nomenclature notwithstanding, the E-170 is not a "regional jet." To the contrary, the market niche they were originally aimed at was the lower-end of the single-aisle category - DC-9-10s, BAC-111s, F-100s - that had been abandoned by Boeing and Airbus. (We know - we were there.) Regardless of who's going to crew them, those -170s are all about moving toward less RJ and more mainline-cabin flying."

I've been following Boyd weekly for 7 years. He's right about, oh, 100% of the time. It's clear that management likes the DCI flying, we will never see that flying again at mainline us we TAKE IT BACK, and any future relaxation of scope will be fully exploited by the company.